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President Donald Trump, flanked by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Attorney General Pam Bondi, announces his takeover of Washington, D.C. on Aug. 11, 2025. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's "Animal House" is floundering

Brian Karem

The president and his cast of characters are wreaking havoc on American democracy

President Donald Trump in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Oct. 17, 2025. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

The Trump train is losing steam

Heather Digby Parton

Americans are growing weary of the president's cruel policies and stagnant economy

Pallets of USAID Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food for children are marked for disposal, Wednesday July 30, 2025, at the MANA Nutritional warehouse in Pooler, Ga. (Stephen B. Morton for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump admin causes massive food waste

Tevis Garrett Graddy-Lovelace - The Conversation

Farmers are short of workers and money, food is rotting in warehouses, and millions of Americans are going hungry

It's no secret that President Trump loves his golden gifts. After the Swiss brought "diplomatic gifts" of gold supposed to be for the Trump Presidential Library, but Swiss politicians see it as a possible bribe due to the timing. Just days later, Trump cut tariffs to Switzerland. (Christopher Furlong / Getty Images)

Swiss calls gold bars to Trump a bribe

CK Smith

Lawmakers say the “diplomatic gifts” look a lot like bribery, especially given the tariff cuts that followed

Macy's 99th Thanksgiving Day Parade was calm, uneventful and windy. But that made it perfect and comfortable in a crazy world right now. (Kevin Mazur / Getty Images)

Macy's parade plays it safe and chilly

CK Smith

In a year desperate for some quiet and normalcy, this holiday tradition delivered just that

Two National Guardsmen were shot by an Afghan evacuee. The soldiers are still in critical condition,  but the security in D.C. and for other potential evacuees from areas of conflict are now being reassessed. The motive for this attack remains unclear. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)

National Guards shot near White House

CK Smith

A 29-year-old Afghan evacuee is in custody, federal agencies halt Afghan immigration applications

Elizabeth Olsen, Miles Teller and Callum Turner in "Eternity" (Leah Gallo/A24)

"Eternity" defies our afterlife fixation

Coleman Spilde

This potpourri of different afterlife movies quickly gets to the heart of why we fear death

Trifle (Anna_Shepulova / Getty Images )

Forget pie. Embrace the trifle

Ashlie D. Stevens

If pie isn’t your thing, a trifle hits all the holiday marks: festive, easy, and surprisingly joyful

Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

No accountability for Trump in Georgia

Austin Sarat

Trump demanded "11,000 votes" to change Georgia's election results. To pretend otherwise whitewashes history

Donald Trump / Nuclear Explosion (Getty Images/Salon)

Trump's Golden Dome is too big of a risk

Ashley Gate, William D. Hartung - TomDispatch.com

The president's pet project has more to do with enriching arms contractors than defending the US

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with US President Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff during a meeting in Saint Petersburg on April 11, 2025. (Photo by Gavriil Grigorov / POOL / AFP)

Lawmakers call Trump's envoy a "traitor"

Garrett Owen

Witkoff reportedly told Moscow how to appease Trump

Holiday self-care (Deagreez/Getty Images)

Guide to self-care over the holidays

Susan Shapiro

Mental-health experts offer practical strategies to help make the season calmer and more manageable

Rhea Seehorn in "Pluribus" (Apple TV)

Pluribus is a fascinating Rorschach test

Melanie McFarland

Vince Gilligan's new Apple TV show lets us project meaning onto a story about happiness at the end of the world

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - SEPTEMBER 24: Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the Johnny Mercer Theatre on September 24, 2024 in Savannah, Georgia. The former president spoke to attendees on various plans including the tax code, U.S. manufacturing, and future economic opportunities if reelected a second term. Trump continues campaigning around the country ahead of the November 5 presidential election.  (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Election case against Trump dismissed

Troy Farah

Pete Skandalakis declined to pursue the case against Trump and allies's attempts to undo his 2020 election defeat

Dianne Wiest and Johnny Depp on the set of "Edward Scissorhands" (Twentieth Century Fox Film Corpo/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images)

Edward and the burden of exceptionality

Kristen Lopez

"Popcorn Disabilities" reexamines "Edward Scissorhands" as a deeply coded disability narrative

(Photo by Stefan Coders / pexels.com)

What is a VPN and do you need one?

Marc Dahan

A VPN creates a private, encrypted tunnel between your device and the internet

Thanksgiving dinner place setting with sides and pumpkin soup (VeselovaElena / Getty Images )

Ditch the turkey. Host a Sides-giving

Francesca Giangiulio

Skip the worst part of the holiday and focus on what everyone is really there for: the sides

A Trader Joe's in fall (Tomsmith585/ Getty Images )

Let TJ's plan a $30 Thanksgiving dinner

Joy Saha

An indulgent menu doesn't have to cost a fortune, thanks to TJ's array of festive and affordable food items

Vice President JD Vance takes questions from reporters about the government shutdown at the White House on Oct. 1, 2025. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Vance fights GOP old guard over Russia

Sophia Tesfaye

The administration's Russia-Ukraine peace proposal opens up a new front in the GOP civil war

Second Lady Usha Vance delivers remarks to military personnel and their families in Jacksonville, North Carolina, on Nov. 19, 2025. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Usha Vance doesn't do dishes

Amanda Marcotte

The second lady's staff runs the kitchen at the VP's residence

(Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Davidoff Studios / Boris Zhitkov / artisteer)

Fight for the Epstein files isn’t over

Russell Payne

Here's the various ways the Trump administration could still block their release

President Donald Trump New York Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani in the Oval Office on Nov. 21, 2025. (Jim WATSON / AFP via Getty Images)

Mamdani's Trump meeting was a risky move

Norman Solomon

The photo-op with New York City’s mayor-elect softens Trump’s image while masking his authoritarian record

Former Speaker of the House U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as he greets U.S. veterans in the Capitol Rotunda on October 18, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

McCarthy: MTG was just the beginning

Alex Galbraith

The former House speaker thinks the GOP could see a wider exodus as MAGA rift grows

U.S. President Donald Trump pardons National Thanksgiving Turkey Gobble during the 78th annual National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation in the Rose Garden of the White House on November 25, 2025. (Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

Trump repardons Biden turkeys

Alex Galbraith

The president said Biden's pardons of the turkeys were "void" due to the use of an autopen

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